Aspen Peak - 2017 - Issue 1 - Summer

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP
LEFT: O2 Aspen's
private-label yoga
clothing line
includes patterned
bra tops ($70) and
leggings ($145);
Colter and Brittany's
1-year-old twins,
nicknamed the Van
Dumplings, are a hit
around town; the
new O2 Aspen
studio will include
an aerial yoga space
with views of the
mountains.
Brittany got her start at
O2 in 2011 as an assistant
buyer for the studio's
Cooper Street clothing
boutique. She met Colter,
a partner at Tiger Global
Management who was
recently named a Forbes
"30 Under 30" in finance,
while on a buying trip to
New York. A Duke
graduate who began his
career at Morgan Stanley
and credits much of his
success to his mentors in
Aspen, Colter loved his
work. However, Brittany
noticed his complete lack
of ego, contrary to the
Wall Street cliché; she saw
only a fun, loving, kind
man. The couple quickly
fell in love.
"My first impression was
that she was a beautiful,
well-spoken, and intellec-
tual person focused on
doing a lot with her life,"
says Colter, now 30.
Brittany moved to New
York in 2013, where she
worked in marketing and
product development
while completing her yoga
teacher training. The
couple was engaged
within a year and married
in Napa in 2015.
That same year,
then-O2 owner Carrie
Bellott asked Brittany if
she wanted to buy the
studio. With Colter as her
business advisor, Brittany
took the plunge. "She's
ambitious in a way that she
wants to build things that
matter," says Colter. Now,
Brittany and the couple's
infant twins split their time
between Aspen and New
York, anticipating the new
studio's October opening,
while Colter comes back
as often as he can. Though,
in a sense, he's always
here, as a supporter of the
Aspen chapter of Room to
Read (his mother, Robin
BRITTANY VAN DOMELEN ON
THE "IT" COUPLE'S ASPEN
TAKE A HIKE: "The Ute Trail is best for a quick
workout and top-of-the-mountain meditation. Little
Cloud and Hunter Creek if we are taking the boys,
Tabor Lake if we can take a full day."
ASPEN EATS: "We like The Wild Fig (315 E. Hyman
Ave., 970-925-5160; thewildfi g.com) for a romantic
dinner—it's low key and feels private."
BASE CAMPO: "Everyone who knows us would say
we are passionate wine drinkers, but it is hard to
pass up an espresso martini at Campo de Fiori
(205 S. Mill St., 970-920-7717; campodefi ori.net)."
ON A SUMMER SATURDAY… "We walk through
the farmers market (FAR LEFT; aspenpitkin.com/
departments/clerk/aspen-saturday-market), which
is double-stroller friendly, grocery shopping for
local, healthy food. Plus, then the Van Dumplings
get to see all of their Aspen friends."
Van Domelen, is a chapter
leader) and Wilderness
Workshop.
"It's a three-ring circus
around our house," says
Colter. "There are a lot of
balls in the air. But we've
never shied away from
projects."
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PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
ALEXIS
AHRLING
(YOGI);
BROOKE
CASILLAS
(FAMILY
PHOTO);
SVEN
SCHEUERMEIER
(FARMERS
MARKET);
RENDERING
BY
ZONE
4
ARCHITECTS
(YOGA
ROOM)
SCENE DYNAMIC DUO
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